Corporate Energy and Emissions Reduction Strategy 2020 (CEERS 2020)

In line with the second key action of the 2019-2022 Strategic Plan, the City of New Westminster’s Corporate Energy and Emissions Reduction Strategy 2020 (CEERS 2020) has been developed with a 10-year horizon to help the City identify actionable strategies that would need to be implemented in order to achieve its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. CEERS 2020 builds on existing policies and makes recommendations to strengthen climate actions in all city operations. The strategy recognizes the evolving public policy environment in which the City operates, including an increased urgency for action at the international, national, provincial and local levels.

 

The newly developed strategy aligns with Council’s Climate Emergency Declaration of 2019 and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets of 45% by 2030, 65% by 2040, and 100% by 2050.

 

See the Strategy here